[Test-Equipment] Meter movement on Eico 249 VTVM

[Ron Youvan]

John King wrote:

> I have a very nice and clean Eico 249 VTVM with a mechanical problem.

> The meter works electrically, but the mechanical zeroing screw will not set the meter movement at ZERO.

> Does anyone know if the cover of the face can be removed to enable getting to the manual ZEROing mechanism? I don't want to damage the plastic meter face, but need to get into the meter to fix the zero screw. Suggestions based on actual knowledge and experience will be greatly appreciated. Thanks and 73, John, K5PGW

   If the "static cling" route doesn't fix it, the cover if it is one clear piece of plastic, does 
pop off.  There are 4 (usually two on top and two on the bottom) little plastic bumps that go into 
the plastic under the meter card.  Pry on one edge only and try to pull the edge away from the 
plastic under the meter card.  GL
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